This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers -- properties such as fragility and electric charge. The metaphysics of powers is a fast developing research field with fundamental questions at the forefront of current research, such as Can there be a world of only powers? What is the manifestation of a power? Are powers and their manifestations related by necessity? What are the prospects for dispositional accounts of causation? The papers focus on questions concerning the metaphysics of powers that cut across any particular subject-specific ontological domain -- whether philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology -- investigating the metaphysical structure of powers, the nature of the manifestation of powers, the necessity or contingency of a power's relation to its manifestations, and powers and causation. A number of authors also engage in discussion with Humean and neo-Humean treatments of causation, thereby making contributions to a larger metaphysical debate beyond powers. Additionally, the authors engage critically with the latest contributions to the debate on powers in the literature, thereby bringing together in a wholesome and analytical way the most recent and noteworthy theoretical developments in this research field.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415876858
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178002304
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Metaphysics of Powers: Their Grounding and Their Manifestations
Author
Anna Marmodoro
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
196 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Volume
2
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
Editor
Anna Marmodoro
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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